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Maria Napoli RETROSPECTIVE: VITAL SIGNS March 9 through March 31, 2012 Opening Reception: Friday March 9, 6-9pm. Gallery Hours: Wed. Th. Fri. Sat. 11-5pm . Sun. 11-3pm moxie DaDA is producing a retrospective exhibit for artist, Maria Napoli of Kentucky at Élan Fine Art Gallery. We see a snapshot of Ms. Napoli’s inner spirit, her challenges and response to them. The pulse of an artist’s life is perceived through their work. The forces and experiences of life make their imprint, bending the energy in response, hopefully making the center of the artist stronger as a person and a painter. I have also come to understand that painting lives beyond the paint and the brush, spilling into the objects around us that can find their place in the expression of emotion and thought. I have come to understand my work in this way. I feel objects around me forming into aspects of visual expression, pulling me towards new ways to build my inner visions. I feel my work has functioned as an electrocardiogram recording my inner spikes and drops of psychological and emotional growth. The pieces assembled in this retrospective illustrate this growth as I have responded to life’s challenges and lessons. The exhibit will dip into the more three-dimensional, mixed media pieces, which will be playing a major role in the next phase of my artistic life. I have been exhibiting in Pittsburgh since the 2003 Three Rivers Arts Festival, and have shared many years of my expression with the people of Pittsburgh. It is truly fitting to chronicle the past, and lead into the future, in the city that has been a platform for my experiences, creative and otherwise for such a lengthy and formative time in my life. Christine Whispell / moxie DaDA 412.682.0438 Élan Gallery: 412-749-8270 |
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